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Drive

By: James S. A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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A short story set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's NYT best-selling Expanse series. Now a Prime Original series. This story will be available in the complete Expanse story collection, Memory’s Legion.

HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES
The Expanse
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
​Leviathan Falls

Memory's Legion


The Expanse Short Fiction
Drive
The Butcher of Anderson Station

Gods of Risk
The Churn
The Vital Abyss
Strange Dogs
Auberon
The Sins of Our Fathers

©2022 James S. A. Corey (P)2022 Orbit

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Fun little short story

Worth the few bucks. Nothing mandatory in terms of The Expanse but it fleshes out a story of we’ve heard summarized before into a 1 hour chunk. Like I said, a bit sized deviation from the main story to aid the world building, but nothing more.

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A well written short story

If you are thinking about reading the Expanse books and collation of short stories, or if you're a fan of the Expanse but haven't read this, do so. It is an excellent prequel.

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Not necessary

If you're an Uber duber fan of the series it's definitely worth the hour listen. Most of the story is filled in the gaps of the 1st few books. But a joy to get the more flashed out world. If you want to start the series with this book it wouldn't hurt if you want to pick this book up midway through the rest of the books it wouldn't hurt either.

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Solomon didn't kill himself...

I really enjoyed seeing a more hashed-out version of this as I originally saw this depicted on the TV show.

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Loved it

Short and tragic. The tale of the Epstein drive. Fitting for the Expanse series. Very well done.

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Nice backstory but not overly compelling

This short story gives a nice bit of "historical" context to Epstein drive and its development. However, it is long on fairly surface considerations of the founder and his social life and, unless there is additional content in books in the series past book 2 (as far as I have gotten at this writing), it's not the kind of story that seems necessary to engage with the broader series.

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Great Story awesome sound

I thought that the telling of the story and the use of time in telling was awesome.

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A fun diversion

It’s an unnecessary element of the overall Expanse story arc, but no less enjoyable or well performed. I liked the characters, even if we have little time to know them. And it’s interesting to peek ‘back in time’ when you know what follows. The Churn was my favorite novella, but Drive holds its own.

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Worth listening to

Especially if you are a big fan of the series and enjoy getting pieces of backstories. I wouldn't use a full credit on it though. Get it on sale if you can instead.

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Short but Nice

A very short novella describing the invention of the Epstein drive. Nice story, nice character, nice narration. Totally unnecessary unless you are an Expanse geek.

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Too short for the price

Good story. Not worth a full credit though as too short at 1 hour long.

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easy read

quick fun easy good to play while working with a coffee... . . .

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